Last-Minute Paris: The Best of Colette’s Beauty Box Apothecary

No trip to Paris is complete without a quick spin through Colette, the cult French fashion boutique that specializes in rare finds and one-off collaborations. The store’s upstairs apothecary, the Beauty Box, proves particularly thrilling—and this month, it’s offering up more than its fair share of fragrance, makeup, and skin-care finds. From Carven’s vanity-worthy perfume to Sylvain Le Hen’s impossibly cool barrettes, here are the six discoveries worth snapping up before packing your Fashion Week suitcase and heading stateside.

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From the banks of the Nile (Luxor Oud) to the gardens of the Alhambra (Granada), Memo’s perfume line is inspired by the far-flung travels of founders John and Clara Molloy. Whether you plan on actually wearing them or not, you will want to collect every one of the perfumery’s covetable gold-printed bottles.

Memo Eau de Parfum in Granada, Inlé, and Luxor Oud, $131 each

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This woody oriental blend of coriander seed, tobacco leaf, patchouli, and leather captures San Francisco–based nose Ineke Rühland’s nostalgia for Parisian café culture; the map on the bottle is a rendering of the exact block where she lived in the Marais while studying perfume in the French capital.

INeKE Field Notes from Paris, $101

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Each clean, white bottle of this tightly edited organic skin-care brand’s Cream Gel moisturizer is loaded with potent actives that promise to treat, repair, and stimulate. Once you smell its lush rosemary and geranium scent, you may want to slather it from head-to-toe. Thankfully, the company’s nongreasy Body Care makes it easy to oblige. For the breakout prone, there’s also the refreshing Water Care facial mist, which fights free radicals with anti-oxidant beta glucan and controls breakouts with antibacterial grapefruit seed extract.

These slim (and sturdy!) aerodynamic hair clips give the barrette its street cred back. Be forewarned: You will want them in every color.

Sylvain Le Hen Hair Design Access Barrette 021, $50

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Designer Guillaume Henry’s first original perfume for Carven—composed with help from star nose Francis Kurkdjian—is a study in gamine chic: Notes of sweet mandarin blossom, white hyacinth, osmanthus, and patchouli are seductively, subversively sweet.

Carven Le Parfum Eau de Parfum, $93

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High-impact lip colors, bright powder blushes, jewel-toned eye liners, and an assortment of painterly nail lacquers are just a few of the addictive goods on offer from “& Other Stories”—the new fashion and beauty brand from the same Swedish supercompany that brought us H&M.